@article {94734,
	title = {Suspected and Confirmed Vector-Borne Rickettsioses of North America Associated with Human Diseases},
	journal = {Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease},
	volume = {3},
	year = {2018},
	month = {Jan 2018},
	pages = {17 pp},
	abstract = {<p>he identification of pathogenic rickettsial agents has expanded over the last two decades. In North America, the majority of human cases are caused by tick-borne rickettsioses but rickettsiae transmitted by lice, fleas, mites and other arthropods are also responsible for clinical disease. Symptoms are generally nonspecific or mimic other infectious diseases; therefore, diagnosis and treatment may be delayed. While infection with most rickettsioses is relatively mild, delayed diagnosis and treatment may lead to increased morbidity and mortality. This review will discuss the ecology, epidemiology and public health importance of suspected and confirmed vector-transmitted Rickettsia species of North America associated with human diseases.</p>
},
	keywords = {arthropods, fleas, lice, mites, North America, rickettiosis, Rickettsia, ticks},
	doi = {10.3390/tropicalmed3010002},
	url = {http://www.mdpi.com/2414-6366/3/1/2},
	author = {Melissa Hardstone_Yoshimizu and Sarah A. Billeter}
}
@article {46644,
	title = {Ectoparasites of sharp-tailed grouse, Pediocetes phasianellus},
	journal = {Journal of wildlife diseases},
	volume = {17},
	year = {1981},
	month = {1981},
	pages = {229 - 235},
	abstract = {Seven species of ectoparasites were recovered during a survey of sharp-tailed grouse, Pediocetes phasianellus, including the ticks, Haemaphysalis chordeilis and H. leporispalustris; the lice, Goniodes nebraskensis, Lagopoecus gibsoni and Amyrsidea sp.; the hippoboscid fly, Ornithomyia anchineuria; and the mite, Ornithonyssus sylviarum. Seasonal changes in populations of ticks and lice were found but not for populations of the hippoboscids or mites. All stages of H. Chordeilis were found on sharp-tailed grouse only. Larvae and nymphs of H. leporispalustris were found on sharp-tailed grouse and song birds. Larvae, nymphs and adults of H. leporispalustris were recovered from a snowshoe hare. Small mammals from the study area did not harbour any species of ticks.},
	keywords = {animals, arthropods, bird diseases, Bird parasites, canada, ectoparasite, lice, mites, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov{\textquoteright}t, Seasons, Sex Factors, Species Specificity, ticks},
	url = {http://www.phthiraptera.info/sites/phthiraptera.info/files/45579.pdf},
	author = {Dick,T. A.}
}
